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3D Printing Helps Launch Satellite Mission

February 1, 2015 · NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab turned to additive manufacturing to lower cost and weight of new satellite antenna array supports.

Simulation Helps Look into the Flames

February 1, 2015 · Pinnacle Engines uses an on-demand computing infrastructure to simulate opposed-piston engines.

Man Meets Software: The Culmination of Collaborative Optimization

February 1, 2015 · EDAG enlists the HEEDS collaborative optimization platform as a partner in vehicle lightweighting.

Crash Test Collaboration

February 1, 2015 · The Center for Collision Safety and Analysis helps automotive, aerospace and transportation industries keep current with simulation and testing methods.

Mimicking Reality in Product Development

February 1, 2015 · Immersive 3D experiences touted as the foundation of a new kind of collaboration.

Free-Floating FEA Models

February 1, 2015 · Apply equivalent pressure distributions on a structure without needing direct constraint boundary modeling with the 3-2-1 method.

Just in Time for Super Bowl XLIX: Engineers Show Weather May Have Caused Patriots’ Footballs to Deflate

January 30, 2015 · HeadSmart Labs investigated to see if climate played a role in DeflateGate.

Test Data at Aviation Velocity

January 1, 2015 · One of the top challenges engineering teams in the aerospace industry face is coordinating data and designs across the globe.

Lenovo ThinkStation P300 Provides Power in a New Package

January 1, 2015 · Desktop Engineering tests the first entry-level offering in Lenovo’s new P Series workstation lineup.

MODO 801 Gets More Refined

January 1, 2015 · The visualization software now has streamlined Snapping, updated UV mapping and Nodal Shading features.

NASA’s Weight Loss Plan for Future Missions

January 1, 2015 · The US space agency explores composite materials as the foundation for propulsion systems.

Optimize by Land and Sea

January 1, 2015 · Topology optimization goes under the hood and sets sail.

3D Printing Takes Off

January 1, 2015 · Aerospace companies turn to additive manufacturing to make lighter parts at a lower cost.

How to Set Realistic Boundary Conditions for FEA

January 1, 2015 · When applying boundaries, a variety of methods can be used to ensure accuracy.

3 Approaches to Lightweighting

January 1, 2015 · Get a close-up look at optimizing mass with solidThinking, netfabb and Autodesk design tools.

3D Printing Advances Design

January 1, 2015 · EDAG’s Genesis project investigates additive manufacturing for the automotive industry.

Engineering Gadgets and Gifts

December 19, 2014 · A lighthearted look at some impressive feats of engineering for this holiday season.

Optimization Leaders

December 8, 2014 · Desktop Engineering profiles leaders in design engineering optimization in this special sponsored section.

MSC Rethinks CAE Software with Apex

December 1, 2014 · Company says its different approach to simulation software is already speeding up design studies.

Engineering Tests Roll into Early-Stage Design

December 1, 2014 · Testing is moving out of its silo and into the early design workflow to help minimize costly, late-stage design changes.


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